Did local civil rights protest liberalize whites’ racial attitudes?

Mazumder investigates the long-term effect of protest on political attitudes. He finds that whites have more liberal views on race and are more likely to be Democrats in counties where Civil Rights protest was reported in the early 1960s. The analysis omits a crucial predictor of protest and of raci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Biggs, Christopher Barrie, Kenneth T. Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-09-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168020914757